F

false, 42, 67

overloading, 222–224, 227–231

False displayed as bool value output by WriteLine( ), 43

FalseString field, 588

Field

definition of, 12, 109

properties to manage access to, 250–255

readonly, 553–554

static, 203–204

unassigned or unused, 546–547

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 780

File(s)

I/O. See I/O, file

position indicator (pointer), 387

FileAccess enumeration, 371

FileMode enumeration, 370

FileNotFoundException, 370, 378

FileStream class, 363, 370–375

Finalize( ), 299, 615

finally block, 336, 347–348

Find( ), 595, 601, 743

FindAll( ), 595, 602

FindIndex( ), 595, 602

FindLast( ), 602, 744

FindLastIndex( ), 602

First property, 743

fixed keyword, using the, 536–537, 542, 545–546

Fixed-size buffers, 545–546

FixedSize( ), 715

Flags attribute, 657, 658

float value type, 24, 36, 38

literal, 47

Floating-point(s), 24–26, 38–40

literals, 47

structures, 573–577

Floor( ), 565, 579

Flush( ), 362, 365, 373, 381

for loop, 28–29, 85, 92–99, 105

and code blocks, 29, 30–31, 92

variations, 94–99

foreach loop, 85, 102, 150–153, 708, 713, 764, 767, 769

using named iterator to control, 773

ForEach( ), 596–597, 603

Form, Windows, 827

creating, 829

Form class, 827, 829

Format specifiers for WriteLine( ), 44–46

Format( ), 642, 646–648

methods, table of, 646

FormatException, 393

Formatting, 642–658

date and time. See Date and time, formatting

enumerations, 657–658

and format providers, 642

and format specifiers, 642–643

using a picture format, 649

Formatting numeric data

custom, 45–46, 649–652

custom format placeholder characters for, table of, 651

format specifiers for, table of, 644–645

using String.Format( ), 646–648

using ToString( ), 648–649

using WriteLine( ), 43–46, 643–645

Frank, Ed, 4

FromOACurrency( ), 579

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) protocol, 780

FullName property, 450−451

Function members, 12, 109